Assange's mother demands Rudd do more

The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has again demanded Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd back his words with action to support her son's legal and human rights.

Mr Assange is facing possible extradition from Britain to Sweden on sex charges which, his supporters say, are trumped up.

On Friday, Christine Assange demanded Mr Rudd make representations to Sweden to stop the extradition proceedings and called on him to tell the US government to stop inciting violence against her son and to prosecute those threatening him.

She told AAP the proceedings against her son were tantamount to a "fatwa, an American fatwa", and likened any trial he might face in Sweden to "a Taleban court".

Ms Assange demanded Mr Rudd resign if he did not protect her son. She asked that he respond by Monday.

In statements to the media, Mr Rudd has said Australia was doing all it could for her son.

But possibly his media people had made a "typo", she said, "because really the statement should read 'Kevin Rudd says Australia is doing all it can TO Assange'.

"The question is - for who?

"Because it's not for Julian, it's not for human rights, it's not for freedom of speech, it's not for legal rights, it's not on behalf of the Australian people, who are up in arms about it.

"Who is it on behalf of?"

Ms Assange said her son's statements to SBS television's Dateline program on Sunday night accusing the Gillard government of supplying the US with information about WikiLeaks' supporters in Australia, as well as previous comments he had made, raised questions about where the pressure was coming from.

On Sunday, Mr Assange said the ALP had been "co-opted in key positions by the United States since 1976" and that he believed Australia would extradite him if there was an American request.

While he was not being investigated by the Australian Federal Police, the government had been helping the US in the case against WikiLeaks, he said.

Mr Assange said Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Attorney-General Robert McClelland were "pretending to be hands off" because Australians strongly supported WikiLeaks.

Christine Assange said Mr Rudd's time was running out and he had just a few hours left on Monday to respond to her eight-page letter.

She said he needed to answer the questions about why her son was being treated the way he was and who the Australian government was acting for.

- AAP